[sweetliberty]

"John Kerry is going to have to stand by his wildly implausible tales of cross-border excellent adventures, or he's going to have to apologize for inventing personal history."

Well, you would think so, but there is another tried and true RAT strategy and I expect that's the one he will use. Ignore the story except to launch attacks on those who "repeat" it, using the challenge to prove how "mean and nasty" his opponents are. He may even accuse THEM of lying.

"and how he'd kept the man's hat as a reminder of that journey."

So he steals, too?

[Cboldt]

Ignore the story except to launch attacks on those who "repeat" it, using the challenge to prove how "mean and nasty" his opponents are. He may even accuse THEM of lying.

Reminds of a DEM saying "Haha .. those are very serious charges, if true. They will never be proven."

The bar will move, higher if the goal is to jump over it, lower if the object is to get over it yourself.